Chung Jung One O'Food Gluten-Free Savory Korean Fermented Soybean Paste, Jjigae Soup Base (Doenjang, 1 lb)

came in good condition, super delish. I'd buy it again!

This is a delightful way to make quick soup. I pondered using the miso in my fridge but so glad I didn't. They have different flavors. How to explain a flavor? This one is zesty-er? I found this in a recipe in the NYT for Doenjang Jjigae, which I am sure is a familiar soup to many but was a revelation to me. Everything goes in the pan at once, simmers a bit, add some beef if you want at the end and it is glorious.

This is so perfect for everything savory.

I love Korean soups, but have never made it. I do have experience with Japanese Miso pastes, which is similar with some added ingredients.This Korean Soybean paste cooks with the same level of cloudyness that I see with other soybean pastes - if cooked in with the initial broth, it'll settle a bit as the soup cools. The flavor is much more simple, but more intense (less variety in the flavor, but more of the soybean). As such, it doesn't stand by itself well, and should be used as a base for more complicated recipes.Mine was fully sealed upon delivery, had some slight discoloring along the edges where it probably was drying out in the packaging more. For $10, it feels a bit much of a premium for the delivery convenience... but I would pay this much for other pastes I've developed recipes with if they were suddenly unavailable locally, so I think it's close to fair.

Honestly, I wouldn’t know if it didn’t taste right but I do know that tastes good in my dish!

Use it for all sauces or just with rice

This is essential for adding flavor to Korean soups.JES

Advertised as GF (even in photo & tags) but that was not what arrived. FYI: no r or r option so you are stuck with it. Can’t eat it so it’s a waste.